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Bootle history
Toponymy
Etymologically Bootle derives from the Anglo Saxon Bold or Botle meaning a dwelling. It was recorded as Boltelai in the Domesday Book in 1086. Bootle was known as Bootle cum Linacre in the 18th century.
Resort
Bootle was originally a small hamlet built near the ‘sand hills’ or dunes of the river estuary. In the early 19th century it began to develop as a bathing resort, attracting wealthy people from Liverpool. Some remaining large villas which housed well-to-do commuters to Liverpool are located in the area known locally as ‘Bootle Village’
Second World War
Bootle had the distinction of being the most heavily bombed borough in the UK. 90% of the houses in Bootle were damaged during the Liverpool Blitz of the Second World War. The docks made Bootle a target for Nazi German Luftwaffe bombers.
Post war
After the Second World War large council housing estates were built inland from Bootle. The town lost its access to the beach when neighbouring Seaforth Sands was redeveloped in the early 1970s. The borough celebrated its centenary in 1968 and civic pride was much in evidence.
Decline
The docks declined in importance in the 1960s and 1970s, and Bootle suffered high unemployment and a declining population. The establishment of large office blocks housing government departments and the National Girobank provided employment. In the early 1970s Bootle was absorbed into the new local authority of Sefton.
Regeneration
Asda heavily invested in Bootle by building a new eco-friendly superstore on Strand Road in 2008. Oriel Road Station has been refurbished, and a new block of flats on the site of the Stella Maris building and a Lidl store on Stanley Road have been built.
Unemployment
Bootle is ranked as only the tenth worst area for unemployment in Britain. All other parts of the region have lower unemployment. Merseyside dominated the list of Britain’s least economically active areas in the 1970s and 1980s.
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